1 hour ago About sharing Snowfall in Teesdale, County Durham, made for some tricky car journeys By Simon King & Marie Jackson BBC Weather and BBC News More bitterly cold nights are on the way for much of the UK, with temperatures set to drop well below zero. Overnight temperatures dipped to a frosty -6.1C…
11 minutes ago About sharing By Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Metro Bank has said it will review whether to stay open seven days a week as it also revealed plans to cut 20% of its workers. The struggling lender said the measures are part of a strategy to save around £50m a year….
32 minutes ago About sharing By Hannah Price BBC News investigations Premier League clubs have continued to play two footballers, and kept a boss in post, while knowing they are under police investigation for sexual or domestic violence. Alleged victims told the BBC that the Football Association (FA) and Premier League prioritise commercial interests over…
Obituary / November 29, 2023 A People’s Obituary of Henry Kissinger For decades, Kissinger kept the great wheel of American militarism spinning ever forward. Greg Grandin Ad Policy Secretary of State Henry Kissinger make a statement in the State Department briefing room after receiving the Nobel Peace prize. (Wally McNamee / Corbis / Getty Images)…
3 hours ago About sharing By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Patients are at risk of having serious health conditions missed because of the lack of continuity of care provided by GPs, the NHS safety watchdog says. Investigators highlighted the case of a man who was seen by eight different GPs before his cancer was spotted…
2 hours ago About sharing Henry Kissinger – who has died, aged 100, at his Connecticut home – divided opinion. A committed practitioner of “realism” in foreign relations, he was both awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and roundly condemned as a war criminal. As US National Security Adviser and Secretary of State, he energetically pursued…
10 minutes ago About sharing Henry Kissinger at the State Department’s 230th anniversary celebrations in 2019. By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died at the age of 100. He served as America’s top diplomat and national security adviser during the Nixon and Ford administrations. In a…
1 hour ago About sharing Grant Shapps said the destroyer would bolster deterrence in the region at a dangerous time By Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent The UK is to send a second warship to the Gulf, in response to rising tensions in the Middle East. HMS Diamond – a Type 45 destroyer – is en…
1 hour ago About sharing Tian Tian likes to keep to herself and choose when she interacts Edinburgh Zoo visitors will be able to see its giant pandas for the final time on Thursday before they are sent back to China. Tian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in Scotland to huge fanfare in 2011. But…
7 hours ago About sharing Artwork: Six worlds around a star like our Sun are ideal to study how planets formed and whether they are home to life By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent Researchers have located “the perfect solar system”, forged without the violent collisions that made our own a hotchpotch of different-sized planets. The…